Brad Walter1:01 AM
The senior referee in each game this season will have a soccer-style armband to signify he is the man in charge, but the days of NRL match officials wearing pink jerseys have gone as it is believed the uniform made it more difficult for the officials to be taken seriously.

Michael Chammas12:15 AM
He sacrificed a multimillion-dollar deal that would have likely seen him become the highest-paid player in the NRL to pursue the American dream which, on Tuesday afternoon, finally turned to reality for Jarryd Hayne.

Brett Keeble
8:59 PM
Knights coach Rick Stone has named Dane Gagai and Joey Leilua in the centres and teenager Sione Mata'utia on the bench in an 18-man squad for Newcastle's NRL season-opener against New Zealand Warriors at Hunter Stadium on Saturday.

Michael Chammas8:19 PM
The uncertainty surrounding the future of then-San Francisco head coach Jim Harbaugh took the shine off initial interest from the 49ers, but Jarryd Hayne’s relationship with new coach Jim Tomsula helped lure him to the golden state.

Roy Masters10:00 PM
A new approach to "trafficking" under the 2015 WADA Code means the supply of cocaine charges levelled against eight past and present Titans players, together with the Reds Karmichael Hunt, means they may escape any anti-doping sanctions.

Adrian Proszenko10:00 PM
The NRL has been forced into an embarrassing backflip over plans to allow its integrity unit to confiscate mobile phones after outraged players vented about the governing body’s new “police” powers.

Michael Chammas
On the day Jarryd Hayne is set to announce an NFL contract, Parramatta Eels chief executive Scott Seward acknowledged the club has discussed holding a pre-season game in the US to capitalise on the former fullback's profile.

Laine Clark
The immediate playing future of the Gold Coast Titans embroiled in the NRL cocaine scandal is still up in the air with club CEO Graham Annesley saying they are still waiting on key information about the charges.